Concord, Mass.
1902.
April 10
  Cloudy with cold N.E. to N. wind and frequent
showers of fine rain. In the forenoon it snowed for a 
few minutes. The wind fell at evening and the air
seemed warmer.
  Our Phoebe and a Fox Sparrow were singing near
the cabin shortly after daybreak. An hour later I saw
two White-bellied Swallows flying over the river. A
Chickadee was also whistling near at hand.
  On reaching Birch Field at about 9 A.M. I found
two Carolina Doves cooing near the spring. They were
perched in the tops of large oaks about fifty yards
apart and seemed to be answering one another. Both
flew as soon as they saw me going off in different
directions. An hour later one began cooing in the
woods on the opposite (N.) side of the field.
  A Partridge downwind most of the forenoon in
the woods just mentioned. This is a new drumming
station although I have frequently heard birds on
the south and west side of Birch Field.
  The strong, cold N. wind seemed to have
banished nearly all the birds from the immediate
neighborhood of the farm house where I spent
the afternoon. Indeed I noted there only a 
solitary Junco, a Robin or two and a Bluebird.
I heard two Song Sparrows singing, however,
in the distance towards Lawrence's.